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Mount Taylor, New Zealand Spring 2010 - My first Alpine Solo
This is the story of my first Alpine Climb, other than a snow skills class, that I did solo when I was studying abroad in Christchurch, New Zealand in their Winter/Spring of 2010. When I did this I was just a little over six months out of an ACL reconstruction after a skiing accident. I do not know if I actually climbed Mount Taylor or the peak immediately next to it, but I do believe that I was somewhere close to Mount Taylor. I actually drove out to what we thought was the area with two American friends. We backpacked halfway up the mountain and spent the night in an abandoned storage crate because I was the only one equipped to get to the cabin, because I was going to climb a peak the next day. I did climb a peak by myself the next day, I did find a cabin, and it was locked. Fortunately, I had an excellent climb up what I believe was Mount Taylor, or something else almost as high. Here are some links to information on Mount Taylor, which is over 2300 meters in altitude. https://hikingscenery.com/mt-taylor-...ervation-park/ https://www.alltrails.com/trail/new-...r-summit-track These photos I took with my GoPro tell the story much better than I can, and I wanted to share them with all of you as my way of introducing myself to the TGR climbing community. Mostly, I am a skier and a mountain biker, so I do not have a lot of pure climbing stoke, but there were no skis on this trip, just ice axe and crampons, both very necessary. :rolleyes:
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